Today was literally the best Valentine's Day ever! Ever!
It started off a little early with roses on Tuesday from Andy--what a fun surprise!!! Then last night Andy and I got a date night and we had a fantastic time together. We needed time to reconnect and to talk and to laugh and it was a great time. Sometimes its hard when he is gone all of the time, but times like that make it alright. I really am more in love with my husband than I have been in a long time!!!
This morning the kids woke up to Valentine's gifts ranging from boxer briefs to swim suits to "loved" t-shirts to a new phone (Hays). They got to pick their own special breakfast and it was an easy school morning (as easy as a school morning can be).
The three littles took their fun Valentine's cards to school. I've never really been uber-creative with school Valentine's cards, but this year I was inspired! (My family V-Day cards were my favorite this year, too!)
I then baked six dozen polka dot cupcakes for school Valentine's parties. The pre cake I baked earlier this week was a good learning lesson and the cupcakes turned out much better! They were fun to take into the school for my kids!
But dinner was the HIGHLIGHT!!! I did a "The Melting Pot" recreation. I was super excited about it, but I kept my excitement in check knowing that usually the things I think will be great family things are flops. BUT NOT TONIGHT! It was perfect! I had two cheese fondues with bread (lots of bread) and apples. Chicken Caesar salad in the middle. And then dessert was amazing! Sparkling grape juice in cute little glasses as I brought in the three different chocolates. We turned the lights off and lit one of the chocolates on fire. . . en flambe! Seriously! It worked! We had strawberries, marshmallows, cheese cake, rice krispie treats and pound cake to dip in our three chocolates. The kids were great and it really was a ten. . .maybe a seventeen.
So, Valentine's Day was super great! I'm so happy and I'm so thankful for my family! LOVE!
It started off a little early with roses on Tuesday from Andy--what a fun surprise!!! Then last night Andy and I got a date night and we had a fantastic time together. We needed time to reconnect and to talk and to laugh and it was a great time. Sometimes its hard when he is gone all of the time, but times like that make it alright. I really am more in love with my husband than I have been in a long time!!!
This morning the kids woke up to Valentine's gifts ranging from boxer briefs to swim suits to "loved" t-shirts to a new phone (Hays). They got to pick their own special breakfast and it was an easy school morning (as easy as a school morning can be).
The three littles took their fun Valentine's cards to school. I've never really been uber-creative with school Valentine's cards, but this year I was inspired! (My family V-Day cards were my favorite this year, too!)
I then baked six dozen polka dot cupcakes for school Valentine's parties. The pre cake I baked earlier this week was a good learning lesson and the cupcakes turned out much better! They were fun to take into the school for my kids!
But dinner was the HIGHLIGHT!!! I did a "The Melting Pot" recreation. I was super excited about it, but I kept my excitement in check knowing that usually the things I think will be great family things are flops. BUT NOT TONIGHT! It was perfect! I had two cheese fondues with bread (lots of bread) and apples. Chicken Caesar salad in the middle. And then dessert was amazing! Sparkling grape juice in cute little glasses as I brought in the three different chocolates. We turned the lights off and lit one of the chocolates on fire. . . en flambe! Seriously! It worked! We had strawberries, marshmallows, cheese cake, rice krispie treats and pound cake to dip in our three chocolates. The kids were great and it really was a ten. . .maybe a seventeen.
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